DeepSeek-R1 0528 vs DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B
Wins 4 of 4 areas
Coding · Reasoning · Long documents · Following instructions
Wins 0 of 4 areas
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DeepSeek-R1 0528 is the stronger all-rounder.
Scores updated · 12 tests both models report · How we compare
Where each one wins
Tests won in each of the four areas where both have results. Each piece is one test, so a longer bar means more evidence; grey means the two scored within a point of each other.
Coding, long documents and following instructions rest on a single test each.
What it costs
Prices per million tokens, roughly 750,000 words. The bars show the cost of a million tokens read plus a million written.
The biggest differences
The tests each model wins by the widest margin, up to three each. Scores are out of 100.
Where DeepSeek-R1 0528 pulls ahead
- Graduate-level biology, physics and chemistry questionsGPQA Diamond+71.5points ahead
- Reasons across sets of long documentsAA-LCR+54points ahead
- Code for real scientific research problemsSciCode+33.7points ahead
Where DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B pulls ahead
No clear win on a test scored out of 100.
Every test, side by side
All 12 tests both models report. The winning score is in its model's colour; marks a score checked independently.
ReasoningDeepSeek-R1 0528
- GPQA DiamondDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 71.581.39.8+71.5
- Humanity's Last ExamDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 12.715.83.1+12.7
Following instructionsDeepSeek-R1 0528
- IFBenchDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 26.439.613.2+26.4
Other results7 tests, not counted
Tests outside the eight areas. They are not counted above: several are summary scores built from other tests, or the same test under another name.
- AIME 2025DeepSeek-R1 0528 by 67.587.520+67.5
- HMMT Feb. 2025DeepSeek-R1 0528 by 6576.711.7+65
- AIME 2024DeepSeek-R1 0528 by 62.591.428.9+62.5
- MMLU-ProDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 588527+58
- LiveCodeBenchDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 56.473.316.9+56.4
- MATH-500 (EM)DeepSeek-R1 0528 by 14.19883.9+14.1
- AA IntelligenceDeepSeek-R1 0528 by 7.613.15.5+7.6
Questions people ask
Which is better, DeepSeek-R1 0528 or DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B?
DeepSeek-R1 0528 wins all four areas where both have results: coding, reasoning, long documents and following instructions. DeepSeek-R1-Distill-Qwen-1.5B wins none.
Which is better for coding?
DeepSeek-R1 0528. It wins the one coding test both models report.
How do you compare the two?
We use the 12 benchmark tests both models have published scores on. The verdict counts the 5 tests in the eight capability areas, and a gap under one point (ten on rating-style scales) counts as a tie. The other 7 are listed but not counted, because several are summary scores or repeat a test. Each score is the one shown on the model's own page.